«If you are a small and rich Muslim country, it is difficult to defend your national and state interests and it becomes difficult to pursue an independent foreign policy," the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov wrote on his Twitter page.
"But the country is subjected to pressure of various kinds from all sides, it means that the country is going the right direction," Mammadov made a profound conclusion.
We could assume that the status posted by Mammadov is a response to the international criticism of human rights violations in Azerbaijan.
"The right course" is probably the presence of political prisoners in the country, the persecution of civil society, arrests of journalists and others.
According to human rights organizations, currently there are 80 political prisoners in Azerbaijan, including more than 20 "prisoners of conscience". -03D-
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As the Biden administration draws to a close, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed on an emergency trip to Brussels to discuss how to support Ukraine with European allies.
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The Prosecutor's Office is investigating the deaths of two people during the recent floods in Baku, Baku Mayor Eldar Azizov said commenting on the consequences of the flooding of tunnels in the capital during the heavy rains on October 22 to journalists. According to him, the sewer system could not handle the large volume of floodwater, which led to the drowning of two people in a tunnel in the Sabunchu district of Baku. The floods revealed vulnerabilities in Baku's water infrastructure.
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The United States is ready to assist all countries, including Azerbaijan, in the transition to renewable energy sources, the U.S. National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi said at a briefing at COP29, in response to a question from Turan about how the U.S. could support Azerbaijan in moving from oil and gas to clean energy.
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